Is there such a thing as a 'good loss'? That's the question St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Benjamin Hochman posits as he returns to the co-pilot chair for a brand new episode of the Best Podcast in Baseball. Short answer: Not in baseball. The Cardinals have dropped consecutive series against losing teams and increasingly in danger of becoming one themselves. Along with BPIB host and St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold, Hochman audits the three facets of the Cardinals' game and whether any are sharp enough for a contender. Also discussed: Mark McGwire, Ray Lankford, Players' Weekend, and the best slides in Cardinals history. Pepper Martin, get in line.